Bicyclist Attacked

DIGEST

August 30, 1991|Staff reports

LAKE WORTH -- A bicyclist was slashed with a machete Thursday night after he stopped to watch a fight in the street and was hit by a car, police said.

Robert Colon, 21, of the 900 block of South M Street, Lake Worth, told police he was riding his bicycle at the intersection of Fourth Avenue South and South E Street about 11:05 p.m., when he stopped to watch several people fighting in the street.

As he watched the fight, a car approached and struck him, knocking him off his bike.

At that point, the men who were fighting started running toward him. One man, armed with a machete, slashed at Colon, who picked up a trash can lid to protect himself. The man then threw the machete at him, cutting Colon`s arm, then escaped on foot.

A short time later, police arrested Ramon Hernandez, 25, of the 200 block of South E Street. He was charged with aggravated battery after Colon identified him as his attacker.

Hernandez was held at the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $3,000 bail, a spokeswoman there said.